AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: Jun. 23, 1930

Milestone. Last fortnight Boeing
System completed 10,000,000 mi. of flight with mail, express,
passengers over Chicago-San Francisco and Seattle-Los An-geles
routes. In three years of service Boeing planes carried 176,000,000
letters, 13,800 passengers. Total night-flying (about 5,000,000 mi.)
was more than that of all European nations combined during the same
period.

Mystery. Fast trains travel the 350 mi. from Montreal to Manhattan in
ten hours. Scheduled transport planes fly the distance in four hours.
Last week Dale ("Red") Jackson, co-holder of the world's refueling
flight record (TIME, Aug. 12) took off...